DANVILLE, VA. - Sports Car Vintage Racing Association's Sept. 27-30 weekend at VIR will highlight the third annual reunion for the IMSA RS/SCCA 2.5 Challenge sedans of the classic days of sedan road racing in America.

Attracting a wide range of original drivers of the series, along with the cars they drove, drivers returning to the scene of some of their earliest exploits will include Amos Johnson, Dennis Shaw, Roger Mandeville, Jerry Walsh, Jim Downing, VIR's own Lee Brantley and more. These drivers all steered their street-tired sedans around race tracks all over the nation in the 70s in pursuit of some of the earliest road racing professional championships in America.

Of course, the weekend won't be complete without the cars these heros drove, so cars including BMWs, Pintos, Gremlins, Capris, Mazda RX-3s and more will all be repeating the races that made these names famous (or infamous in some
cases.)

 "We're really looking forward to the reunion," said IMSA champion Amos Johnson. "This is a chance for all of us who raced in these series over thirty years ago to get together and rehash all those races. And, as someone once said, 'the older I get, the faster I used to be..'"

 Joining the racing sedans on VIR's classic 3.27-mile road course will be a collection of fascinating vintage and historic race cars, ranging from Lotuses, Saabs, Mini Coopers, Formula 5000 McKee, Porsches, Mustangs, Mazdas, Datsuns and a varied mix of open-wheeled and closed-wheel cars. Even an Oldsmobile and an old Indy Light car have been entered.

 Admission to the track is available at the track gate, with the paddock open to spectators all weekend.

 VIRginia International Raceway is a multi-purpose road racing facility, located on the Dan River between Danville and South Boston, Virginia.
Reopened in 2000, VIR hosts a wide range professional and amateur auto and motorcycle racing and track events, and is well established as "America's Motorsport Resort." In addition to its historic 3.27 mile natural-terrain road racing circuit, VIR is the cornerstone of VIR Club, America's first motorsports country club; the VIR Raceplex Industrial Park and Motorsports Technology Park, which includes the Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research ("VIPER"); the Plantation Valley Kart Track, a 5/8 mile paved natural terrain karting circuit; an expanding variety of on-site lodging (including 45 hotel rooms and the trackside Villas which are for sale); Camp Motorsport for enthusiasts of all ages; and the Oak Tree Tavern, a full-service restaurant open to the public located in the circa-1840 Plantation Clubhouse.

 VIR's next major event is the GT Live/KONI Challenge event, the weekend of October 5-7. With the widest variety of motorsports available, the headliner event will be the KONI Challenge races for high-performance production sports cars, coupes and sedans. With limited modifications, these are the same cars seen on the highways every day. The VIR races will be the finales for the two classes, both featuring a six-hour enduro format. The big engined Grand Sport (GS) racers will take the track in the weekend's capstone, while the smaller Street Tuner (ST) class attracts the import and hot compact crowd.

 GS races feature Porsche, Nissan, BMW, Mustang and Pontiac, while the ST cars attract entries such as Mazda RX-8, Chevrolet Cobalt SS, Dodge SRT-4, MINI Cooper S, Acuras and a variety of BMWs. The entire field races on Hoosier tires, further equalizing the competition.

 Other attractions of the GT Live weekend include such diverse programs as:

.  GT Sim Race: Ride in some of the world's hottest cars in cars on VIR's 3.27-mile Full Course.

.  Tarzan's Lap Battle: Drive your own car in on the 1.1-mile Patriot Course in a Time Attack, competing for lap times

.  Rally-X: drive your car on VIR's gravel rally stage roads.

.  Karting Zone: race karts in the on VIR's Plantation Valley Kart Track.

.  Car and bike shows and fan festivals for Mazda, Nissan/Infiniti, Subaru and Mitsubishi EVO.

.  GT Track Attack pitting American tuners against Japanese tuners for cash prizes.

.  US Drift Shootout: the best amateur and professional drifters competing on the Patriot Course for cash.

.  The best motorcycle stunt riders in the business compete for cash prizes in the invitation-only XDL U.S. Stunt Riding Championship.

 VIRginia International Raceway is a multi-purpose road racing facility, located on the Dan River between Danville and South Boston, Virginia. Reopened in 2000, VIR hosts a wide range professional and amateur auto and motorcycle racing and track events, and is well established as "America's Motorsport Resort." In addition to its historic 3.27 mile natural-terrain road racing circuit, VIR is the cornerstone of VIR Club, America's first motorsports country club; the VIR Raceplex Industrial Park and Motorsports Technology Park, which includes the Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research ("VIPER"); the Plantation Valley Kart Track, a 5/8 mile paved natural terrain karting circuit; an expanding variety of on-site lodging (including 45 hotel rooms and the trackside Villas which are for sale); Camp Motorsport for enthusiasts of all ages; and the Oak Tree Tavern, a full-service restaurant located within the circa-1840 Plantation Clubhouse.

 For information on the track and other event schedules, call 434-822-7700 or check our web site at www.virclub.com.